If you are having pre built data base than copy it in asset folder and create an new class as DataBaseHelper which implements SQLiteOpenHelper
Than use following code:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.SQLException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
public class DataBaseHelperClass extends SQLiteOpenHelper{
//The Android's default system path of your application database.
private static String DB_PATH = "/data/data/package_name/databases/";
// Data Base Name.
private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "DBName.sqlite";
// Data Base Version.
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
// Table Names of Data Base.
static final String TABLE_Name = "tableName";
public Context context;
static SQLiteDatabase sqliteDataBase;
/**
* Constructor
* Takes and keeps a reference of the passed context in order to access to the application assets and resources.
* @param context
* Parameters of super() are 1. Context
* 2. Data Base Name.
* 3. Cursor Factory.
* 4. Data Base Version.
*/
public DataBaseHelperClass(Context context) {
super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null ,DATABASE_VERSION);
this.context = context;
}
/**
* Creates a empty database on the system and rewrites it with your own database.
* By calling this method and empty database will be created into the default system path
* of your application so we are gonna be able to overwrite that database with our database.
* */
public void createDataBase() throws IOException{
//check if the database exists
boolean databaseExist = checkDataBase();
if(databaseExist){
// Do Nothing.
}else{
this.getWritableDatabase();
copyDataBase();
}// end if else dbExist
} // end createDataBase().
/**
* Check if the database already exist to avoid re-copying the file each time you open the application.
* @return true if it exists, false if it doesn't
*/
public boolean checkDataBase(){
File databaseFile = new File(DB_PATH + DATABASE_NAME);
return databaseFile.exists();
}
/**
* Copies your database from your local assets-folder to the just created empty database in the
* system folder, from where it can be accessed and handled.
* This is done by transferring byte stream.
* */
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException{
//Open your local db as the input stream
InputStream myInput = context.getAssets().open(DATABASE_NAME);
// Path to the just created empty db
String outFileName = DB_PATH + DATABASE_NAME;
//Open the empty db as the output stream
OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
//transfer bytes from the input file to the output file
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = myInput.read(buffer))>0){
myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
//Close the streams
myOutput.flush();
myOutput.close();
myInput.close();
}
/**
* This method opens the data base connection.
* First it create the path up till data base of the device.
* Then create connection with data base.
*/
public void openDataBase() throws SQLException{
//Open the database
String myPath = DB_PATH + DATABASE_NAME;
sqliteDataBase = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
}
/**
* This Method is used to close the data base connection.
*/
@Override
public synchronized void close() {
if(sqliteDataBase != null)
sqliteDataBase.close();
super.close();
}
/**
* Apply your methods and class to fetch data using raw or queries on data base using
* following demo example code as:
*/
public String getUserNameFromDB(){
String query = "select User_First_Name From "+TABLE_USER_DETAILS;
Cursor cursor = sqliteDataBase.rawQuery(query, null);
String userName = null;
if(cursor.getCount()>0){
if(cursor.moveToFirst()){
do{
userName = cursor.getString(0);
}while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
}
return userName;
}
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
// No need to write the create table query.
// As we are using Pre built data base.
// Which is ReadOnly.
}
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
// No need to write the update table query.
// As we are using Pre built data base.
// Which is ReadOnly.
// We should not update it as requirements of application.
}
}
Hope this will help you...
